Spatio-temporal variations in seasonal ice tongue submarine melt rate at a tidewater glacier in southwest Greenland
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DOI: 10.1017/jog.2019.27
Abstract: ABSTRACT Submarine melting of tidewater glaciers is proposed as a trigger for their recent thinning, acceleration and retreat. We estimate spring submarine melt rates (SMRs) of Kangiata Nunaata Sermia in southwest Greenland, from 2012 to… read more here.
Keywords: melt; southwest greenland; submarine; submarine melt ... See more keywords
Direct observations of submarine melt and subsurface geometry at a tidewater glacier
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DOI: 10.1126/science.aax3528
Abstract: Underwater melting How fast does warm ocean water melt glaciers that terminate in the sea? That question is central to understanding how fast ice sheets may lose mass, and thus how fast sea level will… read more here.
Keywords: subsurface; submarine melt; geometry; tidewater ... See more keywords